Voice of America: China Slammed for Forcibly Returning Burma Refugees

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

China Slammed for Forcibly Returning Burma Refugees Sep 6th 2012, 11:37 Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to China accusing it of violating international law by forcing thousands of Burmese to return to their conflict-torn homeland. The group says Beijing recently returned at least 4,000 ethnic Kachins who had fled to China's Yunnan province. It says they were sent home in late August after the government "summarily declared" they were not refugees. Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting in northern Burma since June 2011, when a 17-year ... Media files: 2A2737BE-98D8-42FF-8553-F6032813AF8C_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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